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Calistoga

In Calistoga
…there he prepared notes for The Silverado Squatters (1883). His sojourn is commemorated by a monument within what is now Robert Louis Stevenson State Park. A petrified forest containing giant redwood fossils and Bothe–Napa Valley State Park are nearby. Calistoga has flourished as a popular resort and has developed an…
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In Robert Louis Stevenson: Early life
…abandoned silver mine (recorded in The Silverado Squatters, 1883), the couple sailed for Scotland to achieve reconciliation with the Thomas Stevensons.
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